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romney's winning by five points. that's good news for the romney campaign. the other constituency i'm looking at tonight is evangelicals. which is going to be 41% of the vote. that's identical to what it was four years ago. and santorum is maintaining his advantage tonight, but he's doing so with a smaller margin. winning nine points. >> i'm curious, ralph. this is david gergen. about what the overlap is between evangelicals and tea party. are there many who are both? and which way do they lean? >> it's a great question, david. we've looked at that in some earlier polling. and about 2/3 of self-identified tea party members are social conservatives. that doesn't mean they're involved in the tea party movement for those reasons. they're involve primarily because of spending, deficits, government overreach, and obama care. but they are social conservatives. and among self-identified evangelic evangelical, about half identify themes as members or activists. there's a huge amount of overlap. >> and do they tend to be -- with the overlap, do they tend to be moved
romney's winning by five points. that's good news for the romney campaign. the other constituency i'm looking at tonight is evangelicals. which is going to be 41% of the vote. that's identical to what it was four years ago. and santorum is maintaining his advantage tonight, but he's doing so with a smaller margin. winning nine points. >> i'm curious, ralph. this is david gergen. about what the overlap is between evangelicals and tea party. are there many who are both? and which way do...
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>> tonight, i'll talk strategy with mitt romney's son josh romney and a heated conversation with former candidate michele bachmann, the views on rush limbaugh and gay marriage and kurt cameron and lewis black weighs in. >> you don't even make the choice to be gay. i mean, when did they catch on problem with science? does mitt romney have the momentum? no better person to ask than >> tonight, i'll talk strategy with mitt romney's son josh romney and a heated conversation with former candidate michele bachmann, the views on rush limbaugh and gay marriage and kurt cameron and lewis black weighs in. >> you don't even make the choice to be gay. i mean, when did they catch on to that? why do they not -- what is their problem with science? >> but our big story is super tuesday. does mitt romney have the momentum? no better person to ask than josh, josh romney joins me. welcome. >> thanks for having me on. >> my pleasure. tell me the mood in the romney family camp. >> you know, i think we are pretty excited about how things are looking so far. we have a lot of momentum heading in to super tuesd
>> tonight, i'll talk strategy with mitt romney's son josh romney and a heated conversation with former candidate michele bachmann, the views on rush limbaugh and gay marriage and kurt cameron and lewis black weighs in. >> you don't even make the choice to be gay. i mean, when did they catch on problem with science? does mitt romney have the momentum? no better person to ask than >> tonight, i'll talk strategy with mitt romney's son josh romney and a heated conversation with...
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. >> there was something of a turning point for romney. we finally found out that there was something that mitt romney wouldn't do to win the nomination. he said he wouldn't set his hair on fire by making outrageous comments about barack obama. that's nice, but it really point out a major deficit in his campaign so far. if he is running as the electable one. electability is a concept that you should never tout, but should also always prove by winning elections. you know, if you're running as the electable one, you have to show your appeal to moderates and independents. bill clinton did this by pushing for welfare reform, which the base of his party didn't want. george w. bush did this with compassionate conservatism in 2000. up until this point mitt romney has given nothing to moderates and independents in the electorate. he has tilted way to the right and what we may have seen this past week is the beginnings of his attempt to come back to somewhere near the middle. >> what do you think of that? as our resident right winger. isn't it fair
. >> there was something of a turning point for romney. we finally found out that there was something that mitt romney wouldn't do to win the nomination. he said he wouldn't set his hair on fire by making outrageous comments about barack obama. that's nice, but it really point out a major deficit in his campaign so far. if he is running as the electable one. electability is a concept that you should never tout, but should also always prove by winning elections. you know, if you're running...
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three wins for romney. two for santorum, one for newt gingrich and ohio critical and close. >> what do you make of what you all heard from the former speaker, alex? >> i think we see why newt gingrich is 1-9 tonight. we were talking earlier about how candidates connect with voters. i think that's a lesson in how not to. one of the things you explain to candidates, don't spend the whole campaign telling voters you are more important than they are, how important you are. i'm speaker, i'm this, i'm that. there wasn't a single-story there in about a georgia voter, about anybody's life, anything to connect with. barack obama, when he ran, yes, we can, we are the change we've been waiting for. he gave the voter value in the political contest. there wasn't any of that. >> we did hear from speaker gingrich over and over the term "wall street," i guess he 's using that to refer to mitt romney as. >> he's complaining about the wall street money et cetera without note heing has his own super pac, las vegas money, mone
three wins for romney. two for santorum, one for newt gingrich and ohio critical and close. >> what do you make of what you all heard from the former speaker, alex? >> i think we see why newt gingrich is 1-9 tonight. we were talking earlier about how candidates connect with voters. i think that's a lesson in how not to. one of the things you explain to candidates, don't spend the whole campaign telling voters you are more important than they are, how important you are. i'm speaker,...
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romney pulls up even more. gingrich at that point would be in second place because of his georgia win on super tuesday. either way you shake it up the possibility heads that we end super tuesday with romney above 400 and no one else even close to 200. that is the big romney super tuesday strategy. they hope to come out, they know they'll be far from the finish line. they think they can be prohibitible ahead of everybody else. >> john, thanks very much. >>> let's check in with the raw politics. cornell, rich galen, and gloria boreger. ohio the big surprise. in terms of a general election bellwether how critical is it for mitt romney to pull off a win there? >> i think he needs to pull off a win-win there and he needs to pull off a win there. the problem is he's not able to pull off a big win in any of those states. when you get inside the cnn polling the same story we've been seeing state to state is also we're seeing it in a critical state like ohio where he's doing better with upscale voters, santorum with blu
romney pulls up even more. gingrich at that point would be in second place because of his georgia win on super tuesday. either way you shake it up the possibility heads that we end super tuesday with romney above 400 and no one else even close to 200. that is the big romney super tuesday strategy. they hope to come out, they know they'll be far from the finish line. they think they can be prohibitible ahead of everybody else. >> john, thanks very much. >>> let's check in with the...
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with romney red. let's do this. let's use red to circle the states romney expects to win. vermont and massachusetts. he expects to win virginia, only ron paul opposing him on the ballot there. expects to win in idaho. so there's four. there's the ones they expect to win. here's the ones they think they might win. north dakota. they think they have a chance now in tennessee. that's a purr surprise. this is the biggest battleground, the contested prize of ohio. imagine if romney could do that, win six out of ten. they think five out of ten is a good possibility. what would a big impact like that have on the race? here's where we start. you need 1144 to clench the nomination. romney's not even close but he's well ahead of everyone else. let's play out that scenario. bang. you see romney winning. santorum gets tennessee. if there's the scenario, gingrich wins georgia. ron paul wins alaska. romney then at over 400. well ahead of any of the rivals. a long way to go. what a convincing lead that would be. wha
with romney red. let's do this. let's use red to circle the states romney expects to win. vermont and massachusetts. he expects to win virginia, only ron paul opposing him on the ballot there. expects to win in idaho. so there's four. there's the ones they expect to win. here's the ones they think they might win. north dakota. they think they have a chance now in tennessee. that's a purr surprise. this is the biggest battleground, the contested prize of ohio. imagine if romney could do that,...
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we just got mitt romney and romney's marching to the podium. let's see what he has to say. ♪ >> wow. thank you, illinois. thank you so much. you know, tomorrow is our anniversary. and we will have been married 43 years, so happy anniversary, sweet heart. a very big special for dan weatherford who was just out here. we appreciate him. he has been a great state chairman for our effort here. and he was as well four years ago. so we appreciate dan weatherford. senator mark kirk who you know is not doing well, we love him and think about him. mitch has spoke with him. we all spend our prayers to mark kirk. congressman aaron schock. he's in the audience. right back there. congress woman judy bigart. we knew he flew around with dan. so we're appreciative. oh. i forgot congressman don bold. >> bob dole. >> bob dole. >> close. >> let's see. house speaker tom cross. senate president. our entire state of illinois delegates. and you know what i have to do? i have to tonight because i didn't get a chance to do this properly. i have to thank our friends in
we just got mitt romney and romney's marching to the podium. let's see what he has to say. ♪ >> wow. thank you, illinois. thank you so much. you know, tomorrow is our anniversary. and we will have been married 43 years, so happy anniversary, sweet heart. a very big special for dan weatherford who was just out here. we appreciate him. he has been a great state chairman for our effort here. and he was as well four years ago. so we appreciate dan weatherford. senator mark kirk who you know...
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does mitt romney have the momentum? no better person to ask than josh, josh romney joins me. welcome. >> thanks for having me on. >> my pleasure. tell me the mood in the romney family camp. >> you know, i think we are pretty excited about how things are looking so far. we have a lot of momentum he heading in to super tuesday. that's what it's all about is picking up the right number of delegates and looks like things are pointing in the right direction for us tomorrow to pick up a lot of delegates. >> the key one would appear to be ohio and the latest poll out just now says that a dead split, 32% for you, your father and for rick santorum. what do you make of that? how important strategically is winning ohio? >> you know, we would like a win. we don't need a win by any means and we are just hoping to pick up a lot of delegates and that's the key to pick up the delegates and ride the numbers up. >> is your father a bit frustrated with the pace of his campaign? i mean, does he feel like he takes two steps forward and two back and been a real uphill battle and not expecting it?
does mitt romney have the momentum? no better person to ask than josh, josh romney joins me. welcome. >> thanks for having me on. >> my pleasure. tell me the mood in the romney family camp. >> you know, i think we are pretty excited about how things are looking so far. we have a lot of momentum he heading in to super tuesday. that's what it's all about is picking up the right number of delegates and looks like things are pointing in the right direction for us tomorrow to pick...
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another win for mitt romney. look at this. his home state of massachusetts, citizen now projects based on the exit polling information, mitt romney, the former governor of massachusetts, wins in massachusetts. massachusetts, 38 delegates at stake. we also project his win in massachusetts, his home state will be larger than newt gingrich's win in georgia. newt gingrich's home state. we are not yet able to make a projection in oklahoma. we are not yet able to make a projection in tennessee, but we can share with you the exit poll information we have on all three of these states. let's start in oklahoma. first, early exit polls in oklahoma, what people told us as they emerged from the polling booths. in oklahoma, a key state on this evening, these are the exit poll results, look at this. 38% for rick santorum, good news for santorum, 25% for mitt romney, 24% for newt gingrich, 12% in the exit poll for ron paul. let's look at tennessee. these are the exit poll results in tennessee, important numbers, once again, santorum ahead in
another win for mitt romney. look at this. his home state of massachusetts, citizen now projects based on the exit polling information, mitt romney, the former governor of massachusetts, wins in massachusetts. massachusetts, 38 delegates at stake. we also project his win in massachusetts, his home state will be larger than newt gingrich's win in georgia. newt gingrich's home state. we are not yet able to make a projection in oklahoma. we are not yet able to make a projection in tennessee, but...
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what if mitt romney isn't the best person? why should we just throw in the towel because people like you say hey, throw in the towel. people don't want you out there. wanting to debate the war and the federal reserve and wanting to debate this civil liberties assassination on american citizens. we fought the british because the british came over here and arrested our american citizens for civil law. so now we -- >> you'd be fighting the british tonight, congressman. and very effective. i don't want you to throw in the towel. i think you're a national treasure in this country. i wondered if you thought you should and you made your position crystal clear. and i wish you all the best with your campaign. >> thank you. >> nice to talk to you again. ron paul. got to love that guy. >>> coming up, my exclusive with natalie cole. she knew whitney houston before she was a star. now she's speaking out for the first time since whitney's death. >>> the unforgettable natalie cole is a nine time grammy winning singer, song writer and pruer.
what if mitt romney isn't the best person? why should we just throw in the towel because people like you say hey, throw in the towel. people don't want you out there. wanting to debate the war and the federal reserve and wanting to debate this civil liberties assassination on american citizens. we fought the british because the british came over here and arrested our american citizens for civil law. so now we -- >> you'd be fighting the british tonight, congressman. and very effective. i...
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but i thought romney did a good job for mitt romney. but he still doesn't make the emotional connection. frankly, i thought a lot of people thought al gore lacked that. mitt romney makes those two look warm and fuzzy. and he needs to find a way to open his heart a little bit. i think having ann romney speak is a great advantage. she's terrific. but she's not on the ballot. he did it in illinois by out spending santorum 21-1. and he won't be able to out spend barack obama 21-1. >> is all of this -- santorum, gingrich, they all make this argument about the delegate count. it's inevitable mitt romney is going to be the nominee, isn't it? >> i think so. unless he unexpectedly collapses. >> one of the reasons he's down below 10% is the sense that his candidacy is fading. there's an up and down in these things. i have to tell you. there are a lot of people in illinois who are not totally comfortable. there are a lot of people in barack obama's camp who are not totally comfortable, either. i still think barack obama is favored. i think he's mo
but i thought romney did a good job for mitt romney. but he still doesn't make the emotional connection. frankly, i thought a lot of people thought al gore lacked that. mitt romney makes those two look warm and fuzzy. and he needs to find a way to open his heart a little bit. i think having ann romney speak is a great advantage. she's terrific. but she's not on the ballot. he did it in illinois by out spending santorum 21-1. and he won't be able to out spend barack obama 21-1. >> is all...
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i don't think romney has that. the other thing that you notice, it's so much harder to run for president than it was to run for senator or governor. everyone learns along the way. remember when clinton said she talked about getting off the plane and getting shot at by sniper fire and you can't get away with saying that. mitt romney and rick santorum have had their problems too. it's all stepping up to the presidential level. >> so you're saying he's grown on the issues? >> look, i'm not go -- i'm not going get into romney and positions because they change. but going into the point gloria made earlier, romney is winning on the electability argument. the grounds on which you're electable shift, but what i'm struck by what gloria said earlier tonight, santorum is winning with people who feel he connected with them. and romney is having hard time with the base of the republican party connecting with him. he's doing to go into this -- i think after ohio he is going to be the nominee. still going to be a slog for him, bu
i don't think romney has that. the other thing that you notice, it's so much harder to run for president than it was to run for senator or governor. everyone learns along the way. remember when clinton said she talked about getting off the plane and getting shot at by sniper fire and you can't get away with saying that. mitt romney and rick santorum have had their problems too. it's all stepping up to the presidential level. >> so you're saying he's grown on the issues? >> look, i'm...
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a 180-vote difference separating romney and sarsantorum. >> romney, 4,969. romney, 4,969. santorum, 4,789. again, santorum, 4,789. newt gingrich, 3,993. 3,993. ron paul, 780. wolf? >> those are the numbers you're getting right now. i think we're getting ready for major news. let's pause right now. >> all right, look at this, rin santorum, we now project, is the winner in mississippi. earlier, we projected he winsdo. he wins both of the southern states tonight. rick santorum, a huge, huge development. a lot of people thought romney could win in mississippi. some thought newt gingrich would win in one of the two states. it's rick santorum who captures the popular vote in both states. now, having said all that, john, the key thing is delegates right now. it's proportional. in both of the states, not winner take all, and we're getting some estimates. there are two running narratives and two running conversations that is the competition. one is winning in momentum. santorum will make the argument, i'm winning. the other is, you're winering but, but being new rules, what happene
a 180-vote difference separating romney and sarsantorum. >> romney, 4,969. romney, 4,969. santorum, 4,789. again, santorum, 4,789. newt gingrich, 3,993. 3,993. ron paul, 780. wolf? >> those are the numbers you're getting right now. i think we're getting ready for major news. let's pause right now. >> all right, look at this, rin santorum, we now project, is the winner in mississippi. earlier, we projected he winsdo. he wins both of the southern states tonight. rick santorum, a...
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governor romney winning huge. he dropped under 50%, but that's where we'll end up during the night. >> i'm surprised that newt gingrich is doing as poorly in illinois. we'll be here for you. >> we appreciate it. i want to bring in the panel now. donna brazil and paul begala and erick erickson and ari fleischer. and gloria borger and david gergen. mitt romney barely acknowledged rick santorum except to give basically a brief congratulations. is that a smart strategy? is that all based on part of trying to kind of push along this inevitability argument? >> yes. you know, he had the cloak of inevitability early on. it got ripped off, put it back on, got ripped off and now it's back on again. one has a sense, anderson, that perhaps this is the final time that we'll look back and say this was the big turning point after a lot of twists and turns. i do think that it was more presidential, wolf said this earlier on the air, to give the kind of speech tonight. he actually used some humor. he was sort of mocking president
governor romney winning huge. he dropped under 50%, but that's where we'll end up during the night. >> i'm surprised that newt gingrich is doing as poorly in illinois. we'll be here for you. >> we appreciate it. i want to bring in the panel now. donna brazil and paul begala and erick erickson and ari fleischer. and gloria borger and david gergen. mitt romney barely acknowledged rick santorum except to give basically a brief congratulations. is that a smart strategy? is that all...
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that would put romney ahead. that would put romney ahead. i'm going to turn off the telestrator and come out. this is where we are in the official count right now. >> it would put him ahead by about 3,000 votes. >> and then you look, is there any place rick santorum can win. he is winning in fairfield county. santorum could pick up votes here. i'm going to tap some santorum votes. 100% of the vote in, 100% of the vote in, 100% of the vote in. in most of the places santorum is winning, we have 100% in or close to it. here is romney's extra bank, cuyahoga, a very big lead. if the numbers hold up, we'll give romney the votes to come back. by our count, cnn's exclusive numbers from there, pay no attention. romney would be ahead. >> this is now 99% in hamilton county. >> hamilton county, our numbers at 78%, we'll update this when i close the wall down for a second, but by this exclusive new number, romney is winning in the state, and there are a few places where santorum is voting where you have votes out. i'm tapping random counties. here's a ch
that would put romney ahead. that would put romney ahead. i'm going to turn off the telestrator and come out. this is where we are in the official count right now. >> it would put him ahead by about 3,000 votes. >> and then you look, is there any place rick santorum can win. he is winning in fairfield county. santorum could pick up votes here. i'm going to tap some santorum votes. 100% of the vote in, 100% of the vote in, 100% of the vote in. in most of the places santorum is...
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i want to discuss it with you. >> mitt romney? >> i looked at mitt romney's record. i can't figure out what he stands for. >> it changes. >> i just don't relate to romney. >> i really don't know if i can trust him. >> he doesn't have the strength to stand up against obama. >> that ad is running in georgia, tennessee, ohio, oklahoma, four of the ten states with contests one week from today. if he does turn out to be the nominee, can he beat president obama in november? >> well, i hope so. i'm going to support the republican nominee, but, you know, you have to admit, having somebody who invented romneycare debate somebody who has obamacare, it's going to be pretty hard for them to make a difference between the two of them. and i think that that's something -- the republicans have to look seriously at who can debate obama and when? draw a sharp distinction. and when. and i think every time people ask that question, i start moving back into being the leader. twice now i've nationally been leading in the polls. every time it's based on new ideas, new solutions in a sense
i want to discuss it with you. >> mitt romney? >> i looked at mitt romney's record. i can't figure out what he stands for. >> it changes. >> i just don't relate to romney. >> i really don't know if i can trust him. >> he doesn't have the strength to stand up against obama. >> that ad is running in georgia, tennessee, ohio, oklahoma, four of the ten states with contests one week from today. if he does turn out to be the nominee, can he beat president...
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romney wins massachusetts and virginia and only ron paul and romney on the ballot there. and gingrich wins if and romney idaho and santorum north dakota and for the sake of the hypothetical says that ron paul picks up a second win and what does that get you? romney pulling away and also a huge fight for the two biggest super tuesday battle grounds, ohio and tennessee. at the moment santorum is leading there. if you get them purple, that is is santorum starting to challenge, and a little bit behind, but starting to challenge the delegate lead, a and this is what the rick santorum campaign needs to prove they are a long-term contender. watch the spending over the next few days, because romney wants to turn ohio and tennessee in his favor and if that happens, it is a couple more delegate sweep that will put romney more on the way and well ahead of others and that is what he wants on super tuesday to prove he is the front-runner, an sd santoru needs to keep them from going red. >> let's bring in our strategists. let's bring in our cnn contributors democratic strategist james
romney wins massachusetts and virginia and only ron paul and romney on the ballot there. and gingrich wins if and romney idaho and santorum north dakota and for the sake of the hypothetical says that ron paul picks up a second win and what does that get you? romney pulling away and also a huge fight for the two biggest super tuesday battle grounds, ohio and tennessee. at the moment santorum is leading there. if you get them purple, that is is santorum starting to challenge, and a little bit...
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. >> does he have a quiet little pad to his rival mitt romney. >> just because you can talk to somebody doesn't mean have you a deal going. >>> the tragic death of andrew breitbart, his controversial life and his tv appearance on the show two nights ago. >> just as herman cain was known as the 999 candidate, they made santorum the 666 candidate and worried about satan and all that far type of stuff. >> love him or loathe him, he always had something provocative to say and the people who knew him best pay their tributes. >>> and only in america, feel the need, the need for speed but not for a is he kwel. why do we need top gun 2? shouldn't hollywood leave some blockbusters alone? this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> the big story, politics, all lies on super tuesday with ten states across the country voting. this is rick santorum on his strategy for the big day. >> i said from the very beginning this is an episode of survivor. we just need to stay on the island, not get voted off, keep plugging, stay on message and have hopefully the grassroots of conservatives that support us and i think
. >> does he have a quiet little pad to his rival mitt romney. >> just because you can talk to somebody doesn't mean have you a deal going. >>> the tragic death of andrew breitbart, his controversial life and his tv appearance on the show two nights ago. >> just as herman cain was known as the 999 candidate, they made santorum the 666 candidate and worried about satan and all that far type of stuff. >> love him or loathe him, he always had something provocative...
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romney carries wyoming in the caucuses. santorum in second place, about one third of what romney has. the race goes to 1,144. that means you have a long way to go. where do we go from here? washington state. let's assume ron paul gets his first win of the campaign. he picks up the bulk of the delegates there. the math changes, then we move on to the biggest day of the campaign and a huge challenge across the country from new england to idaho and alaska, way out west, ten states on the ballot. you see here, 419 delegates at stake. he wins massachusetts, virginia, only ron paul and romney on the ballot there. gingrich wins alt home in georgia, santorum wins oklahoma, this shows romney wins north dacdark, but let's say ron paul picks up a sec win. we change the math there. it gets you romney starting to pull way and a huge fight for the two biggest super tuesday battlegrounds, ohio and tennessee. at the moment, santorum is leading. you get santorum in clear second place, starting to challenge romney's delegate lead. that's wha
romney carries wyoming in the caucuses. santorum in second place, about one third of what romney has. the race goes to 1,144. that means you have a long way to go. where do we go from here? washington state. let's assume ron paul gets his first win of the campaign. he picks up the bulk of the delegates there. the math changes, then we move on to the biggest day of the campaign and a huge challenge across the country from new england to idaho and alaska, way out west, ten states on the ballot....
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i don't think romney has that. the other thing that you notice, it's so much harder to run for president than it was to run for senator or governor. everyone learns along the way. remember when clinton said she talked about getting off the plane and getting shot at by sniper fire and you can't get away with saying that. mitt romney and rick santorum have had their problems too. it's all stepping up to the presidential level. >> so you're saying he's grown on the issues? >> look, i'm not go -- i'm not going get into romney and positions because they change. but going into the point gloria made earlier, romney is winning on the electability argument. the grounds on which you're electable shift, but what i'm struck by what gloria said earlier tonight, santorum is winning with people who feel he connected with them. and romney is having hard time with the base of the republican party connecting with him. he's doing to go into this -- i think after ohio he is going to be the nominee. still going to be a slog for him, bu
i don't think romney has that. the other thing that you notice, it's so much harder to run for president than it was to run for senator or governor. everyone learns along the way. remember when clinton said she talked about getting off the plane and getting shot at by sniper fire and you can't get away with saying that. mitt romney and rick santorum have had their problems too. it's all stepping up to the presidential level. >> so you're saying he's grown on the issues? >> look, i'm...
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romney wins massachusetts and vermont. romney wins virginia, only romney and paul on the ballot. gingrich wins at home in georgia, santorum takes oklahoma. romney, idaho, romney winning north dakota here but for the sake of argument let's say ron paul picks up that one and switch it what would you have, romney with a bigger lead starting to pull away, two big battlegrounds next tuesday, super tuesday, all the campaigns concede tennessee and ohio. san santorum leads in both so if we make the purple what race do you get? santorum picking up more states and santorum in second place in the delegate chase. still not that close to romney but that would be an important psychological boost so this is the big challenge in the next week, can romney turn these around, take away the santorum leads, put ohio and tennessee in the romney column. if he can do that, anderson, it's only a couple dozen delegates but it would leave gingrich in second place and the romney campaign believes take a lot of the steam out of the santorum challenge. that is governor romney's challenge in the neck week. can
romney wins massachusetts and vermont. romney wins virginia, only romney and paul on the ballot. gingrich wins at home in georgia, santorum takes oklahoma. romney, idaho, romney winning north dakota here but for the sake of argument let's say ron paul picks up that one and switch it what would you have, romney with a bigger lead starting to pull away, two big battlegrounds next tuesday, super tuesday, all the campaigns concede tennessee and ohio. san santorum leads in both so if we make the...
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romney tied with ron paul at 12%. the only area in which mitt romney won was in people who made $200,000 or more. and look at this. even in that area he has a substantial lead, but only 45% to 31%. that's simply not enough to overcome what santorum did in all the other categories, especially if you look at the state over here in terms of median income. i'm going to pull this out. the darker parishes here are the ones where people make more money. and here's the problem. even if mitt romney's winning there, look at the size of these. here's assumption parish. less than half a percent. this is the biggest one. 2.3% of the population. right next to it st. helena parish, less than .2%. you can find another big one. monroe, less than .3%. this is the reason we're able to make this projection, don, but not just this factor but many others. when you lk at the economy alone, you can see the numbers simply stack up very badly in one of the states with the lowest income in the country, you simply can't win by winning the people
romney tied with ron paul at 12%. the only area in which mitt romney won was in people who made $200,000 or more. and look at this. even in that area he has a substantial lead, but only 45% to 31%. that's simply not enough to overcome what santorum did in all the other categories, especially if you look at the state over here in terms of median income. i'm going to pull this out. the darker parishes here are the ones where people make more money. and here's the problem. even if mitt romney's...
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human mitt romney. she gave speeches and had success with that. now the last few weeks we have seen her try to get involved in what the main issue of the campaign is. >> in the close race in ohio where romney scored a key victory he got help from women who favored him over rick santorum. but can he win enough of their vote in november? for now the flap over birth control as energized many women on the democratic side. mary snow, cnn, new york. >>> a giant rock makes a slow journey to a los angeles museum. jeanne moos is tracking the trip. [ male announcer ] chicken broccoli alfredo. mushroom smothered beef burgers. hearty chicken and noodle casserole. so easy, you just need campbell's cream of mushroom soup to make them and a hungry family to love them. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. only hertz gives you a carfirmation. hey. this is challenger. i'll be waiting for you in stall 5. it confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you land. it's just another way you'll b
human mitt romney. she gave speeches and had success with that. now the last few weeks we have seen her try to get involved in what the main issue of the campaign is. >> in the close race in ohio where romney scored a key victory he got help from women who favored him over rick santorum. but can he win enough of their vote in november? for now the flap over birth control as energized many women on the democratic side. mary snow, cnn, new york. >>> a giant rock makes a slow...
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. >> camp romney has spent the week trying to convince anyone who's counting that none of mitt romney's rivals can win the delegates needed to get the republican nomination. so far, no sale. >> we feel great. that's all i can say. we feel great. we're in this race. we're in it to stay. >> there are lots of bunny rabbits that run through. i'm the tortoise. i just take one step at a time. >> knowing when to hold them and when to fold them is not just a poker skill. it's a skill every politician needs at one time or another. steve forbes and dick gephardt faced that decision twice in their political careers. despite early signs of success, both ended the same way. >> in a democracy, the candidate who wins the most votes wins. it's that simple. >> we were nosed out by a landslide. >> i accept the results with the knowledge that i gave this campaign everything that i had in me. today, my pursuit of the presidency has reached its end. >> ceo steve forbes and former house majority leader dick gephardt are up next. my daughter's grabbing some yoplait. lemon burst, blackberry harvest, pina colad
. >> camp romney has spent the week trying to convince anyone who's counting that none of mitt romney's rivals can win the delegates needed to get the republican nomination. so far, no sale. >> we feel great. that's all i can say. we feel great. we're in this race. we're in it to stay. >> there are lots of bunny rabbits that run through. i'm the tortoise. i just take one step at a time. >> knowing when to hold them and when to fold them is not just a poker skill. it's a...
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. >>> romney rules saturday night's caucuses in washington state. next up, contests in 10 states with a total of 419 convention delegates. today, super states on super tuesday with former georgia congressman newt gingrich. >> i have to win georgia. >> and texas congressman ron paul. >> winning the primary, of course, is very, very important. >> then cnn's dana bash and ron brownstein on which washington leader had the worst week in politics. >> as president of the united states i have kept my commitmentses to the state of israel. >> and analysis of president obama's speech to a pro-israeli lobbying group with house intelligence committee members. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." in a mitt romney and rick santorum battled it out in michigan, newt gingrich went south to his old so stomping grounds in georgia. he was the congressman from the 6th district there for more than 20 years. 76 convention delegates up for grabs in georgia, more than any other super tuesday state. looking to jump-start a campaign that hasn't won a state sinc
. >>> romney rules saturday night's caucuses in washington state. next up, contests in 10 states with a total of 419 convention delegates. today, super states on super tuesday with former georgia congressman newt gingrich. >> i have to win georgia. >> and texas congressman ron paul. >> winning the primary, of course, is very, very important. >> then cnn's dana bash and ron brownstein on which washington leader had the worst week in politics. >> as...
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this is the romney color right here. the romney color is the darker red. overwhelmingly outspent everybody. the purple is santorum or the pro santorum super pac. there's no question the money matters. let me close this down. again, major tv market. major tv market. the only place where you have the tv market that santorum is carrying toledo. in the central areas where people are being inundated would it have made a difference? that's one of the big question marks for santorum. they were late to organize and raise money. why not spend more in ohio? their answer most likely would be we still have much less resources. a lot of states to fight on that they have to be more careful with the resources. these states are expensive. if you're going to start getting competitive on television here, some money doesn't do it for you. if you have to get in, you have to get in. that gets expensive. >> reminds me of ohio 2004 when john kerry lost ohio barely. he had millions of dollars left over, didn't use it in ohio. he might have been president of the united states pack
this is the romney color right here. the romney color is the darker red. overwhelmingly outspent everybody. the purple is santorum or the pro santorum super pac. there's no question the money matters. let me close this down. again, major tv market. major tv market. the only place where you have the tv market that santorum is carrying toledo. in the central areas where people are being inundated would it have made a difference? that's one of the big question marks for santorum. they were late to...
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santorum calls romney another gordon gecco. >> i heard mitt romney call me an economic light weight because i wasn't a wall street financer. >> reporter: the chicago style brawling sounds like it's straight out of the mobster classic the untouchables. >> when santorum -- on to the roof of a car in a crate, the former pennsylvania senator wasn't about to give his rifle a pass. >> as what are as shamus the dog, all i would say is the issue of character are important in this election. >> nobody puts words into my mouth. >> reporter: but the romney campaign has it's own blast from the past featuring santorum endorsing the massachusetts governor in 2008. if you want a conservative as the nominee of this party, you must vote for mitt romney. >> reporter: a look at the latest poll shows why santorum would like gingrich out of the way. >> as the race goes on, it shows that the he certainly can't get any amount of the vote anywhere. >> these pancakes are something else, i tell you. these pancakes are as large as my win in puerto rico last night. >> reporter: but boasts of an island victory is just t
santorum calls romney another gordon gecco. >> i heard mitt romney call me an economic light weight because i wasn't a wall street financer. >> reporter: the chicago style brawling sounds like it's straight out of the mobster classic the untouchables. >> when santorum -- on to the roof of a car in a crate, the former pennsylvania senator wasn't about to give his rifle a pass. >> as what are as shamus the dog, all i would say is the issue of character are important in...
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it's romney's to lose. cnn estimates that romney has 459 delegates, compared to 203 for santorum, just a paltry 118 for newt gingrich. back to newt. he says even if he doesn't have a good day today, he'll stick around. maybe not. if gingrich loses in one or both of these states, money might be harder to come by. without money, he goes nowhere. so here's the question. do mississippi and alabama represent newt gingrich's last stand in go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog or go to our post on "the situation room's" facebook page. >>> allegedly carried out by u.s. army sergeant. the president deplored the killings today in some of his strongest language yet. >> over the weekend, as many of you know, there was a tragic incident in which a number of afghan civilians were killed. what i've maid to president karzai when i spoke to him is the united states takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered. we're heartbroken over the loss of innocent life. t
it's romney's to lose. cnn estimates that romney has 459 delegates, compared to 203 for santorum, just a paltry 118 for newt gingrich. back to newt. he says even if he doesn't have a good day today, he'll stick around. maybe not. if gingrich loses in one or both of these states, money might be harder to come by. without money, he goes nowhere. so here's the question. do mississippi and alabama represent newt gingrich's last stand in go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog or go to...
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still looks good for romney. if it's significance in terms of, you know, lapping the pack, he's not doing that. he's not pulling away. there's still some reluctance among a lot of people, but he looks on target to win. this is why something like a gingrich withdrawal would really throw this whole thing into a fight. we would have to see about that. >> he's wade ahead in the delegate vote, which is more important than the popular vote right now. right now as of this minute we estimate romney has 429 delegates, santorum 169, gingrich 111, and ron paul only 67 delegates. ron paul still has not won one state yet. those numbers are pretty impressive. if you're looking to the magic number of 1,144 delegates needed to capture the republican nomination, it looks like romney is in much better shape than the others. >> he really is. that's why it's important over the next couple weeks, as you look at these upcoming primaries and caucuses, that the santorum campaign, gingrich campaign retool themselves to ensure they can ca
still looks good for romney. if it's significance in terms of, you know, lapping the pack, he's not doing that. he's not pulling away. there's still some reluctance among a lot of people, but he looks on target to win. this is why something like a gingrich withdrawal would really throw this whole thing into a fight. we would have to see about that. >> he's wade ahead in the delegate vote, which is more important than the popular vote right now. right now as of this minute we estimate...
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47%, romney, 37%. so what can romney do about that? >> not much. i think the race has kind of established a pattern, and i think it is what it is. mitt romney is never going to convince evangelical voters who are skeptical of him. the most conservative voters who are skeptical of them and the most ardent tea party voters who are very skeptical of them to support them overwhelmingly. he did win people, the tea partiers in illinois last night. that was a part of his very large victory, but overall they're going to remain skeptical. what we call the base of the base. so in the end they're going to have to decide whether they want to defeat president obama enough that they would come out wholeheartedly, if he's the nominee as seems likely, and vote for him in the fall. it's not going to be because they're passionate about him. >> they're passionate about not voting for president obama. that could be the decisive element. gloria, thanks very much. >>> so what about jeb bush for vice president? his endorseme
47%, romney, 37%. so what can romney do about that? >> not much. i think the race has kind of established a pattern, and i think it is what it is. mitt romney is never going to convince evangelical voters who are skeptical of him. the most conservative voters who are skeptical of them and the most ardent tea party voters who are very skeptical of them to support them overwhelmingly. he did win people, the tea partiers in illinois last night. that was a part of his very large victory, but...
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with romney care. he instituted at a state level. but he recommended to president obama that he adopt romney care as the template for obama care and guess what? they did. >> romney, by the way, was pushing back and repeating his promise to repeal obama health care. >> our plan dealt with the 80% of the people in my state that didn't have insurance. obama care deals with 100% of the people. it takes over health care for everyone. it's not just about the uninsured. it's about all of health care. it doesn't make health care better. it makes health care worse. >> regardless of the outcome here in ohio, rick santorum appears to have a very full schedule, booked all the way through at least with end of the week, expected to go to kansas, missouri, alabama and mississippi, wolf. >> a week from tomorrow, alabama and mississippi, their contest is coming up. joe, thanks very, very much. >>> an american jewish reporter murdered by terrorists and now we're learning baptized after his death by mormons. he was bapti
with romney care. he instituted at a state level. but he recommended to president obama that he adopt romney care as the template for obama care and guess what? they did. >> romney, by the way, was pushing back and repeating his promise to repeal obama health care. >> our plan dealt with the 80% of the people in my state that didn't have insurance. obama care deals with 100% of the people. it takes over health care for everyone. it's not just about the uninsured. it's about all of...
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>> the real mitt romney please stand up. >> consider this soon to be viral musical mashup of romney's slip ups. >> you're fired. >> i'm rick santorum. >> you're fired. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: romney has something better. his campaign and super pac are saturating illinois airwaves with a combined $4 million of mostly negative adds and compare that to the half million spent by santorum and his super pac, a 7-1 romney advantage. rick santorum is called the ultimate washington insider. >> we still believe there is a path to 1144 prior to the national convention. >> reporter: that explains why santorum strategists were on a conference call, making the case that the gop contender can win the 1144 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. team santorum disregards it and points to its own total that shows the race closer. either way, the santorum campaign suggested it's making plans for delegates for a brokered convention. >> we're talking to them about what the strategies at the national convention will be. >> reporter: and the race goes on tomorrow. santorum will go after conservatives in lou
>> the real mitt romney please stand up. >> consider this soon to be viral musical mashup of romney's slip ups. >> you're fired. >> i'm rick santorum. >> you're fired. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: romney has something better. his campaign and super pac are saturating illinois airwaves with a combined $4 million of mostly negative adds and compare that to the half million spent by santorum and his super pac, a 7-1 romney advantage. rick santorum is called the ultimate...